SC partially lifts TRO on NCAP

MANILA: The Supreme Court (SC) today partially lifted the temporary restraining order (TRO) on the controversial no contact apprehension policy (NCAP), on behalf of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).

According to SC’s website, Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra filed the Urgent Motion in support of the agency, which the country’s high court duly granted.

 

Per MMDA, it appealed to lift the restraining order in light of the scheduled massive rehabilitation of the Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA), which it says will cause “heavy traffic.”

“The reinstatement of NCAP is expected to strengthen the agency’s traffic management along EDSA and other major thoroughfares, utilizing closed-circuit television cameras, digital cameras, and other technology to capture videos and images of traffic violators, record traffic violations, and issue citations,” MMDA wrote in a statement.

“As the implementation of NCAP resumes, we hope to instill road discipline among motorists,” it added.

To recall, MMDA’s NCAP was suspended by the court in 2022 after various transport groups, alongside Attorney Juman Paa, challenged and called to declare the policy “unconstitutional.”

“Rest assured that the single ticketing system and new NCAP guidelines have addressed concerns raised in the petition,” the agency promised.

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